Naming holy wells: A case study of names on sacred springs in Denmark
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Standard
Naming holy wells : A case study of names on sacred springs in Denmark. / Jakobsen, Johnny Grandjean Gøgsig.
In: Onoma: Journal of the International Council of Onomastic Sciences, Vol. 56, 2021, p. 235-250.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Author
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Naming holy wells
T2 - A case study of names on sacred springs in Denmark
AU - Jakobsen, Johnny Grandjean Gøgsig
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The majority of the 720 historically-known springs in Denmark have been accredited with healing power of supernatural origin, manifested in their namesand/or local folklore tradition still supported by cultic rituals celebrated way into the nineteenth century. While only 2.5 per cent of Danish spring names explicitly appear to be of pagan origin, at least 32 per cent were dedicated to Christian saints or named from other ecclesiastical terms, whereas 25 per cent had the religiously neutral name Helligkilde. Based on a case study of spring names in the region of north-western Sjælland, the whole question of age is discussed, just as several cases show how spring names and their attached folklore etymology are not always to be taken at face value.
AB - The majority of the 720 historically-known springs in Denmark have been accredited with healing power of supernatural origin, manifested in their namesand/or local folklore tradition still supported by cultic rituals celebrated way into the nineteenth century. While only 2.5 per cent of Danish spring names explicitly appear to be of pagan origin, at least 32 per cent were dedicated to Christian saints or named from other ecclesiastical terms, whereas 25 per cent had the religiously neutral name Helligkilde. Based on a case study of spring names in the region of north-western Sjælland, the whole question of age is discussed, just as several cases show how spring names and their attached folklore etymology are not always to be taken at face value.
U2 - 10.34158/ONOMA.56/2021/12
DO - 10.34158/ONOMA.56/2021/12
M3 - Journal article
VL - 56
SP - 235
EP - 250
JO - Onoma
JF - Onoma
SN - 0078-463X
ER -
ID: 289904143